RECAP2016-W4430 OCT TO 6 NOV 2016
Week of 30 Oct 2016The week in game journalism.
A snapshot of what writers were chasing this week. We sort by how much coverage jumped against the previous four weeks, so a story breaking now rises above games that already get steady writeups every week.
PIECES INDEXED
136
-9% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
89
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
91
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
5
first article indexed
01 · TRENDING
Games that picked up coverage this week
The games whose coverage spiked this week against their own four-week baseline. Worth a look if you missed them.
TRENDING▲ +4300%
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
OUT NOW
11
PIECES
11 writers · 9 outlets
LH
BC
EM
TRENDING▲ +100%
Titanfall 2
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
7 writers · 7 outlets
RR
NR
JC
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
NES Classic Edition
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
CC
JJ
PB
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Owlboy
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +1500%
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
▲ +300%
Overwatch
OUT NOW
3 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +300%
Hitman: Episode 6 - Hokkaido
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game
OUT NOW
2 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +700%
02 · IN THE BYLINE THIS WEEK
Writers we kept seeing across the index
Worth checking in on. The cadence chart shows which days they published, which often says more about a beat than a tally does.
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Farpoint, The Resident, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (2).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Owlboy, Pixel Dungeon, Pony Island
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (2).
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Infiniminer, Stellar Overload, Thea: The Awakening
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (2), Sunday (2).
CC
Chris CarterScreen Rant
Writing about BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Hitman: Episode 6 - Hokkaido
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection, Battlefield 1, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 84 writers filed this week.
Browse them by outlet, beat or the games they cover →
03 · READER ATTENTION
What's drawing readers in
No reader signal recorded for this week.
04 · NEW VOICES
First piece indexed this week
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.